Key Skills in Environmental Management

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

Identifies the purpose of your investigation

Question 2

Hypothesis

Answer 2

A statement on the topic that you are investigating

Question 3

Independent variable

Answer 3

Variable that is deliberately changed in this experiment

Question 4

Dependent variable

Answer 4

Variable that is measured in an experiment

Question 5

Null hypothesis

Answer 5

A hypothesis stating that there is no relationship between the two variables being investigated

Question 6

Alternative hypothesis

Answer 6

A hypothesis stating that there is a relationship between the two variables being investigated

Question 7

Bias

Answer 7

Encouraging one outcome over another

Question 8

Pilot study

Answer 8

A trial run of a survey, which aims to discover any problems with the survey

Question 9

Mean

Answer 9

The total of all values divided by the total number of values

Question 10

Mode

Answer 10

The value with the highest frequency

Question 11

Median

Answer 11

The value in the middle after the data has been sorted into ascending order